BP lets another Mad Dog Phase 2 contract

BP PLC let an engineering, procurement, and construction contract to OneSubsea, a Schlumberger company, to supply the subsea production system for the Mad Dog 2 Phase 2 development in the Gulf of Mexico.

Mad Dog Phase 2, in the Green Canyon area in the deepwater gulf, is a southern and southwestern extension of existing Mad Dog field.

BP sanctioned Mad Dog Phase 2, which will include a new floating production platform with the capacity to produce as much as 140,000 gross b/d from as many as 14 production wells. Oil production is expected to begin in late 2021 (OGJ Online, Dec. 1, 2016).

Operator BP holds 60.5% interest in Mad Dog field, BHP Billiton 23.9% interest, and a Chevron USA Inc. unit 15.6%.

The OneSubsea contract work will include subsea manifolds, trees, control system, single and multiphase meters, water analysis sensors, intervention tooling, and test equipment for producer and water injection wells.

Separately, BP let an engineering, procurement, construction, and installation contract to Subsea 7 for subsea controls, flexible risers, pipeline systems, umbilicals, and associated subsea architecture.